Lady Arthur, co-owned by Serge Savard, take Scarlet & Gray Invitationals
At 1h52, on April 24, 2021 • By MIAMI VALLEY
Miami Valley Raceway presented a pair of $50,000 Scarlet & Gray Invitationals for state-bred 3-year-old fillies on Friday (April 23), and the winners of the Ohio Sires Stakes preludes were impressive.
Lady Arthur (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) was victorious in the Scarlet & Gray filly pace, holding off last year’s O.S.S. champ Summer Touch (Chris Page) in a 1:52 3/5 mile. Also making her seasonal debut after a pair of impressive qualifiers, Lady Arthur now owns three wins and earnings of $85,931 after a freshman scorecard of 2-1-1 in ten starts.
Wrenn’s filly was head-strong at the start, but he was able to wrestle her briefly into the pocket before moving back to the front just past the quarter-mile marker. Her only challenge came in the stretch when Summer Touch furiously closed ground before running out of room. Smothastenesewisky (Trevor Smith) rallied from far back to pick up the show money.
Dr. Ian Moore trains and co-owns Lady Arthur with partners R G McGroup Ltd. and Serge Savard.
Herculisa (Brett Miller) pinned a narrow defeat on Celebrate With Me (Chris Page) in the trot division, with Katie’s Lucky Day (Trevor Smith) rallying to finish third. It was the sixth win in just seven lifetime tries for Herculisa, who entered the $300,000 Ohio Sires Stakes championship last September with an unblemished five-for-five scorecard before making an untimely break in the big dance. After two stellar qualifiers, the daughter of My MVP seems to have returned for her sophomore campaign as the one to beat in the Ohio State. Her clocking of 1:54 2/5 established a new lifetime mark.
